Learn the new words.

footprints

grown up

quite
lead

toaconsiderableextentordegree

Look at the title and image of the poem.

What do you think its going to be about?

Read first line and answer the following questions

"Walk

a little slower Daddy"

?Who is the speaker*

?Why is the child saying this sentence*
?Where do you think the child and his Dad are*
?Which picture suits this sentence*

Finish reading and answer

What do you know about the child?

*
* How old do you think he is?
* Why does
he ask his father to slow down?
* What is the child's problem? (2)
* What does the child want to be
when he's all
?grown up
? Why must the child follow his dad*


This poem was written for Father's Day
Let's read some information about the history
.of this day

It all began by a woman named Sonora Smart

Dodd from Spokane, Washington. When she was
16, her mother had died during childbirth.
Sonora's father William Jackson Smart raised
six children including the newborn on his own. In
1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon
Sonora wondered why is not there a day to honor
fathers She just wanted him to know how special
. he was to her

.Many people laughed and joked at Sonora's idea

But she didnt give up. She began a campaign for
the cause of Father's Day. Her hard work began
to show signs of success when Spokane celebrated
its first Father's Day on June 19, 1910. Sonora
wished that Father's Day will be celebrated on her
father's birthday on June 5, but it so happened
that there was not enough time for preparation and
the day came to be celebrated on third Sunday in
. the month of June

.Find rhyming words in the poem

?Do you want to be like your father
?In what way

:The best name for this poem is

a. A Small Child and His Dad

b. Dad and His Best Friend
c. I Want to Be Like My Dad
d. I Like to Travel With My Dad

Change the first stanza into a poem about a teacher

Use words from the Word Bank
!a little slower______
.Said the ______ to his teacher
______I always listen
______I always do my
______Because I dont want to
______Sometimes you teach too
______Sometimes its hard for me to
______So, teach a little
______So I can do my
Word Bank: carefully, homework, slower, understand, best, fail, you,
fast, teach, pupil